(CNN) Democratic hopes for passing big legislation through the Senate rely on Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Both have made things difficult for Senate Democrats because they are moderates who have been hesitant to pass big spending packages. Sinema became the first Democrat to win an Arizona Senate race since 1988. those where at least 50% of one party voted a different way from 50% of the other party). The bottom line is that Sinema may be unnecessarily moderate for her own electoral good.

Source: CNN October 03, 2021 15:56 UTC